Has there been a problem with AR's firing without any manipulation of the safety or trigger? If so they are unsafe and should be recalled.
I wonder how many folks sweep their neighbors when cleaning or storing guns. That handgun in the drawer is most certainly sweeping someone. My understanding of sweeping is the firearm IN THE HANDS. Honestly how do you guys ever manage to go to a guns show or a gun shop with all those guns sweeping.
Come on guys use some common sense!
Guns in gun shows are *supposed* to be unloaded. I still prefer not to be swept, TBH.
A gun in a draw has the trigger protected... by the drawer. A gun strapped to your back does not.
Also, if my gun discharges, I am less likely to hit someone I "swept" from within my house (angular size and all) than someone I walked by on the street.
I maintain this is unsafe. It is trivial to carry slung such that the gun is always pointed in a safe direction.
Again, firearm safety rules are redundant for a good reason. The mode of carry in question brings it down to merely
one safety rule followed (finger off the trigger), with no redundancy. It's pointed at people, it's loaded, and the trigger is exposed.
Unsafe.